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The Suny, Buffalo, Story, Charles R. Petrie Oct 1983

The Suny, Buffalo, Story, Charles R. Petrie

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Focused on the Department of Communication at SUNY Buffalo, this case study describes a prolonged administrative review shaped by budget reductions, declining student pools, public internal conflict, and loss of faculty lines. The department responded by arguing for communication’s student demand, disciplinary centrality, program quality, and relevance to the university mission, while also experimenting with resource plans, tighter requirements, larger course strategies, and use of part time professionals. When administrators proposed options ranging from phase out to program suspension or reorganization, the department issued an open letter addressing budgetary need, quality, centrality, demand, and internal strife. The case documents an …

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Communication Studies At The University Of Massachusetts, Jay Savereid Oct 1983

Communication Studies At The University Of Massachusetts, Jay Savereid

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Focused on the University of Massachusetts Amherst, this case study recounts how a long range planning process initially recommended terminating the Department of Communication Studies as an independent unit. The account traces the department’s movement from being targeted for dissolution to being removed from later lists of heavily affected majors, while noting continued uncertainty about administrative reasoning. It identifies vulnerabilities involving disciplinary misunderstanding, uneven fit within social sciences, nonpublishing faculty, resource scarcity, high undergraduate demand, and overcrowded courses. The department defended itself by arguing for intellectual coherence, teaching and research quality, student demand, and the distinctiveness of mass communication from …

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Sexual Harassment: A Selected Bibliography, 1981 To 1983, Margaret Cowperthwaite Oct 1983

Sexual Harassment: A Selected Bibliography, 1981 To 1983, Margaret Cowperthwaite

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This annotated bibliography gathers articles, books, government documents, and bibliographies on sexual harassment published or issued from 1981 to 1983. It begins with legal context, defining sexual harassment through Title VII and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines, then surveys materials on workplace harassment, campus grievance procedures, legal cases, employer liability, training programs, counseling, policy development, and public debate. Entries address higher education, business, government, medicine, journalism, unions, and international contexts, with attention to gender, power, reporting barriers, remedies, and institutional responsibility. The bibliography serves as a resource for administrators, counselors, faculty, and policy makers seeking research, legal guidance, and practical …

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Straight Talk, Tough Issues: Tenure In Times Of Retrenchment, Alvin Goldberg Oct 1983

Straight Talk, Tough Issues: Tenure In Times Of Retrenchment, Alvin Goldberg

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Addressing tenure during periods of institutional retrenchment, this article explains tenure as a protection for academic freedom rather than simply a guarantee of economic security. It reviews common criticisms of tenure, including claims that it protects unproductive faculty or limits hiring flexibility, and distinguishes those concerns from cases involving incompetence, misconduct, or financial exigency. The article argues that although tenured faculty may legally be dismissed when financial exigency is properly established, doing so can weaken the conditions that sustain academic freedom. It cautions that program elimination during budget crises may threaten precisely the kinds of intellectual independence that tenure is …

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A Graduate Student Looks At The Job Market, Gregory J. Shepherd Oct 1983

A Graduate Student Looks At The Job Market, Gregory J. Shepherd

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

From the perspective of a graduate student entering the academic market, this article examines ethical responsibilities in graduate communication education. It argues that job listings often reward broadly trained generalists rather than narrowly specialized candidates, even as many graduate programs encourage early specialization. The article also discusses competition from already employed faculty, rising expectations for publications and conference papers, and the pressure these expectations may place on students and faculty mentors. It urges graduate programs to give students clearer information about employment prospects, moderate inflated expectations, and align training with realistic career possibilities. The article contributes to communication administration by …

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Three Communication Responsibilities Concerning Sexual Harassment, Bonnie Wilson Buzza Oct 1983

Three Communication Responsibilities Concerning Sexual Harassment, Bonnie Wilson Buzza

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Framing sexual harassment as an issue of communication ethics and responsibility, this article argues that speech communication professionals should help create informed, sensitive, and practical discussion about harassment on campus. It distinguishes unwanted harassment from consensual attention, notes the role of power in many incidents, and explains that legal definitions do not fully resolve ethical responsibilities. The article identifies three communication responsibilities: discussing the issue honestly and supportively, telling a harasser directly when conduct is unwelcome, and encouraging potential harassers to consider audience, feedback, intent, and effect before speaking or acting. It emphasizes self esteem, assertiveness, institutional policy, grievance procedures, …

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Faculty Roles In Career Advising Of Liberal Arts Students/Consider Your Options: Business Opportunities For Liberal Arts Graduates, James Roever Oct 1983

Faculty Roles In Career Advising Of Liberal Arts Students/Consider Your Options: Business Opportunities For Liberal Arts Graduates, James Roever

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Reviews two booklets in the Liberal Learning and Careers Series: "Faculty Roles in Career Advising of Liberal Arts Students" by David R. Hiley (1983) and "Consider Your Options: Business Opportunities for Liberal Arts Graduates" by Christine A. Gould (1982). Published by Association of American Colleges. Washington, D.C.

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The Structure For The Training Of Drama Teachers In The Netherlands, T. C. Wald Oct 1983

The Structure For The Training Of Drama Teachers In The Netherlands, T. C. Wald

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Reviews the book "The Structure for the Training of Drama Teachers in the Netherlands" by Annemarie Broekjuizen (1983). NP: The Ministry of Education and Science.

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An Overview Of The Canadian Communication And Journalism Scene, Thomas L. Mcphail, Rlchelle Larsen Oct 1983

An Overview Of The Canadian Communication And Journalism Scene, Thomas L. Mcphail, Rlchelle Larsen

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Surveying communication and journalism education in Canada, this article reviews the uneven development of university programs and the continuing tension between professional training and liberal arts preparation. It identifies established and emerging programs across several provinces, noting stronger development in some regions and slower institutional growth in others. The discussion gives particular attention to the long process that led to the creation of a graduate communication studies program at the University of Calgary, including earlier proposals, media industry support, curricular debates, and arguments for interdisciplinary preparation. The article situates communication education within broader social, political, economic, legal, and cultural changes …

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11th Annual Seminar: Defining The Field Of Communication Oct 1983

11th Annual Seminar: Defining The Field Of Communication

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Prepared for ACA’s 1983 annual seminar in Washington, DC, this program outlines a one day meeting devoted to defining communication as a phenomenon and academic field. The seminar schedule includes sessions on the meaning of communication, data based perspectives from journal literature, job listings, and scholar surveys, and organizational perspectives from leaders of major communication related associations. The program emphasizes participant discussion, critique, interpretation, and application as part of a broader year long exchange across regional convention programs and publications. It also includes registration details, fees, location information, and a preregistration form. The item documents ACA’s role in coordinating disciplinary …

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Toward A Definition Of The Field: Local Constraints And National Coherence, Dwight Freshley Oct 1983

Toward A Definition Of The Field: Local Constraints And National Coherence, Dwight Freshley

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Using the University of Georgia as an institutional case, this article examines how local departmental structures complicate national efforts to define speech communication as a coherent academic field. It compares broad disciplinary definitions from the Speech Communication Association with the narrower curricular and administrative realities of one department, where communication related areas are dispersed across multiple colleges and schools. The article discusses curriculum revisions, public and interpersonal communication as a departmental core, relations with theatre, journalism, management, and speech pathology, and administrative issues involving promotion review, system committees, service courses, and disciplinary visibility. It contributes to communication administration by showing …

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Toward A Definition Of The Field: Local Constraints And National Coherence, John L. Sullivan Oct 1983

Toward A Definition Of The Field: Local Constraints And National Coherence, John L. Sullivan

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Focused on the University of Virginia, this article examines how local institutional expectations can shape communication programs more strongly than national disciplinary definitions. It describes ACA’s regional efforts to identify common goals, methods, and subject matter in the field, then uses Virginia’s movement from speech and drama to rhetoric and communication studies as a case of program adaptation. The article argues that attempts to mirror the full field weakened coherence, while a focused humanistic curriculum in public discourse better matched institutional priorities and improved credibility. It also emphasizes scholarship, external review, naming, faculty hiring, and relations with the Speech Communication …

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The Cultural Relevance Of Speech Communication: Approaching The Field From A Humanistic And Artistic Perspective, Mary S. Strine Oct 1983

The Cultural Relevance Of Speech Communication: Approaching The Field From A Humanistic And Artistic Perspective, Mary S. Strine

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Approaching field definition from a humanistic and artistic perspective, this article argues that speech communication should be understood as an integrated cultural discipline rather than a set of separate methodological compartments. It identifies shared disciplinary assumptions about speech as cultural process, speech communication as organized academic inquiry, and the field’s role in refining cultural performance and advancing cultural understanding. The article then outlines three linked functions for humanistic and artistic work: developing cultural performance, reconstructing cultural grammar, and critically examining cultural forms and practices. It also questions divisional boundaries and conventional scholarly formats, suggesting that more integrated, reflexive, and experimental …

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Approaching Speech Communication From A Social Scientific Perspective, Alvin Goldberg Oct 1983

Approaching Speech Communication From A Social Scientific Perspective, Alvin Goldberg

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Framing speech communication through a social scientific lens, this article argues that the field can be understood through its content, theories, research methods, critical standards, and applications. It describes how scientifically oriented scholars expanded communication study beyond formal public address to include intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, organizational, and interorganizational processes. The article emphasizes theory development, varied empirical and descriptive methods, standards for evaluating research and coursework, and applications grounded in research findings rather than solely in rhetorical or artistic principles. It also notes tensions between academic respectability and skill development. The article contributes to field definition by presenting social scientific inquiry …

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Toward A Definition Of Communication: Speech Communication In The Context Of The Field Of Communication, Theodore Clevenger Jr. Oct 1983

Toward A Definition Of Communication: Speech Communication In The Context Of The Field Of Communication, Theodore Clevenger Jr.

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Reconsidering earlier attempts to define communication, this article argues that communication and speech communication are better understood as fields of study than as unified disciplines with a single core. It uses a Wittgensteinian model of overlapping strands to explain how diverse specialties such as rhetoric, television production, phonetics, advertising, organizational communication, nonverbal communication, and oral interpretation can belong to the same field without sharing one common element. The article rejects narrow definitions that would exclude legitimate areas of inquiry and instead proposes identifying enduring questions that connect speech communication specialties. It contributes to field definition by framing coherence as a …

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A National Survey Of Faculty Salaries In Radio, Television, And Film, Garland C. Elmore Oct 1983

A National Survey Of Faculty Salaries In Radio, Television, And Film, Garland C. Elmore

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Reporting results from a national salary survey, this article examines compensation for full time radio, television, and film faculty at four year institutions offering majors in the field. It compares salaries by rank, teaching experience, department type, and geographic region, with departments grouped as broadcasting, communication, journalism, mass media, and speech. The article finds variation across department types and regions, while noting that radio, television, and film salaries generally lag behind broader faculty salary averages reported for other disciplines. Tables provide detailed salary comparisons by rank, experience, department, and region. The article contributes to communication administration by offering benchmark data …

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A Faculty Perspective On Academic Employment Opportunities, Bruce E. Gronbeck Oct 1983

A Faculty Perspective On Academic Employment Opportunities, Bruce E. Gronbeck

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Written as a reflective assessment of academic employment prospects, this article considers job opportunities for communication graduates in elementary, secondary, and higher education. It identifies positive indicators in school settings, including certification, basic skills mandates, communication curriculum labels, and continuing attention to speaking and listening. For higher education, it points to demand in business, professional, organizational, broadcasting, film, mass communication, and renewed rhetorical studies, while also noting enrollment decline, budget pressure, and possible departmental vulnerability. The article cautions departments against overcommitting permanent resources during periods of high demand and urges coordinated work across educational levels to sustain communication education and …

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Priorities For Program Survival, Stanley F. Paulson Oct 1983

Priorities For Program Survival, Stanley F. Paulson

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Written from a dean’s perspective, this article identifies factors that can strengthen speech communication programs during periods of budget pressure and program review. It argues that communication benefits from broad societal growth, employer demand for speaking, listening, interpersonal, and writing abilities, and strong student interest, but also faces economic retrenchment and possible overproduction of academic doctorates. The article recommends four priorities for program survival: high quality research, stronger relationships with other disciplines, balance between theoretical study and competence based instruction, and development of public constituencies including alumni and campus partners. It frames these priorities not only as defensive strategies but …

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Sexual Harassment: A Protected Species On Campus?, Bonnie Gene Ritter Oct 1983

Sexual Harassment: A Protected Species On Campus?, Bonnie Gene Ritter

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Arguing from shared academic values rather than from legal documentation, this article examines how sexual harassment can be protected when academic freedom and collegiality are applied too broadly. It contends that faculty communities may use legitimate principles to shield behavior that harms students, colleagues, and institutional trust. The article identifies areas where vague professional standards can enable abuse of power, including mentoring, advising, recommendations, assistantships, funding, and grading. It also criticizes closed internal responses that delay policy development, resist outside inquiry, and protect offenders more than victims. The article contributes to academic ethics by urging clearer limits on professional freedom …

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Sexual Harassment In Academic Settings: Implications For Personal Ethical Behavior, Christine Oravec Oct 1983

Sexual Harassment In Academic Settings: Implications For Personal Ethical Behavior, Christine Oravec

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Opening with examples from communication and university settings, this article examines sexual harassment as an ethical problem in academic life. It reviews studies of harassment incidence, definitions, perceived seriousness, and consequences, while emphasizing power differences between faculty and students, possible manipulation of academic rewards, and harms to confidence, mentoring, evaluation, and institutional trust. The article distinguishes personal, institutional, and legal concerns, then focuses on ethical responsibilities that remain even when conduct is not formally prosecuted. It also discusses student use of sexuality, harassment of men, and harassment of faculty women. The article concludes with personal conduct guidelines for instructors, including …

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Association For Communication Administration Bulletin, Complete Volume 46 Oct 1983

Association For Communication Administration Bulletin, Complete Volume 46

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This is the complete Volume 46 from 1983 for the Association for Communication Administration Bulletin.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 16 No. 06, September 30, 1983 Sep 1983

Central Florida Future, Vol. 16 No. 06, September 30, 1983

Central Florida Future

Special Homecoming Issue; 9 candidates out; Durham challenges Cady (with photo); Future Homecoming '83: Homecoming costs are $20,000 under budget; Cheerleaders set for pep rally (with photo of two UCF cheerleaders); Marching band low on money, high on enthusiasm and skill; Q & A: Colbourne discusses the Fighting Knights football program (with photo of President Trevor Colbourne); Future Sportsweek: Knights set for Homecoming battle against Valdosta State; Future Encore: Kickoff features pizza, drag queens (with photos).

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 16 No. 05, September 23, 1983 Sep 1983

Central Florida Future, Vol. 16 No. 05, September 23, 1983

Central Florida Future

Senate elections pull large voter turnout (photo of student on moped watching election entertainment); Late campaign expense forms bring nine disqualifications; Senators make plans for new year; America's king of beers? (with photo of William K. Coors); Business leaders rate desired employee traits; Study shows strangers likely to help prevent theft; Diversions (A paid supplement by the Program & Activities Council); Future Sportsweek: Machock says he can produce a Division I Team (with photo of UCF's new head basketball coach Chuck Machock).

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 16 No. 04, September 16, 1983 Sep 1983

Central Florida Future, Vol. 16 No. 04, September 16, 1983

Central Florida Future

Apathy hits elections 6 seats to be vacant; Justices rule Geary veto void; Photo of students walking on campus, UCF's student population estimated at 15,600; WUCF's 'Nite Rock' gets promotional underwriting; Buckeye assistant to fill Torchy's shoes Machock named basketball coach; What's in a name? UCF buildings' naming process long and involved; IFC finds Pikes violated rush rules; Library to expand faster than volumes Cuts reduce new book purchases (Photo of students using a temporary entrance to the new library, located on the west side, while the main entrance undergoes a facelift); Campus expansions awaiting money; UCF Health Center proves …

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 16 No. 03, September 9, 1983 Sep 1983

Central Florida Future, Vol. 16 No. 03, September 9, 1983

Central Florida Future

Announcer causes WUCF conflict; Photo of concrete benches in front of the library, which due to construction were to be moved; Campus construction continues; Photo of UCF/Brevard Community College Lifelong Learning Center, which was officially dedicated Sept. 1, 1983; Budget official: UCF not really last; Shofner to write history of Orlando area (with photo of Dr. Jerrell Shofner); Study on feasibility of chapel continues; The pendulum in the pits: Is the world spinning? Not according to the Engineering Dept.'s Foucault experiment (with photo of Foucault pendulum in the Engineering Building); Greeks feature fellowship, scholarship.

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 16 No. 02, September 2, 1983 Sep 1983

Central Florida Future, Vol. 16 No. 02, September 2, 1983

Central Florida Future

UCF allocation ranks lowest in the state; Desegregation UCF ordered to increase black employment; Half of student senate may not seek re-election; Microscope to be used after 12 years (with photo of electron microscope); Photo of Army ROTC cadets; Hurricane UCF prepared to weather out any major storm; Arts United proves to be culture's best friend; Crealde Art Center makes art accessible; Future Sportsweek: Search for new head basketball coach continues (with photo of Bill Peterson).

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 16 No. 01, August 26, 1983 Aug 1983

Central Florida Future, Vol. 16 No. 01, August 26, 1983

Central Florida Future

Brenner is hired for homecoming's $25,000 concert (with photo of David Brenner); Photo of car being towed from next to the health center; Student Center plans for $880,000 expansion; Desegregation UCF to bring black enrollment to 8.7%; Club provides aid to new transfer students; Bench signs provide varied responses; Some financial aid to be late; fall registration 1983 (with photos of students registering for classes); Future From our readers: SG President Geary urges student involvement at UCF.

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Variety Is Key Word In Aca Convention Programming, James E. Roever Aug 1983

Variety Is Key Word In Aca Convention Programming, James E. Roever

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This announcement previews ACA sponsored convention programming held with the Speech Communication Association. It summarizes sessions on public issues forums, faculty review of artistic work, departmental structures across speech communication, theatre, and mass communication, future university contexts, department evaluation consulting, and classroom climate for women. The notice also mentions a cosponsored program on teaching deaf people, situating the convention agenda within communication administration, higher education, faculty evaluation, curriculum concerns, and professional association activity.

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Law Training As Preparation For Communication Administration, David Jamison Aug 1983

Law Training As Preparation For Communication Administration, David Jamison

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

This article examines law training as a resource for communication administration and academic leadership. It identifies legal study as a source of habits that may help administrators analyze problems, narrow disputes, practice advocacy, reason through probabilities, and attend to ethical responsibility. The discussion first reviews what legal education seeks to impart, including attention to experience, analysis, advocacy, probable judgment, and professional ethics. It then applies these assumptions to department heads, deans, and program administrators who manage scarce resources, curriculum change, faculty concerns, institutional politics, and arguments for program value. The article does not claim that lawyers make superior administrators. Instead, …

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Developing Communicative Skills In Non-Native Speakers Through Dramatic Techniques, Madeline Brand Aug 1983

Developing Communicative Skills In Non-Native Speakers Through Dramatic Techniques, Madeline Brand

Association for Communication Administration Bulletin

Designed for language and communication instruction, this article presents dramatic techniques as a way to develop oral communication skills among speakers for whom English is not a first language. It describes the limits of grammar drills and formal classroom settings, then frames drama as a practical method for creating motivation, reducing anxiety, and encouraging meaningful speech. The discussion distinguishes drama from theatre and emphasizes activities that draw students into realistic interpersonal situations. Techniques include pantomime, dialogs, improvisation, role playing, interviews, choral speaking, and storytelling. The article presents these methods as tools for increasing student participation, social confidence, listening, cultural awareness, …

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